On Saturday we went to Auchan which is far away, to do some shopping. Of course we bought a lot of things (mainly food), and after Auchan we went directly to Avto-Chelyabinsk MHL hockey game. We were already 10 mins late as the Auchan bus was stuck in the traffic jam, but we lost another 5-8 mins having difficulties with entering with so much stuff. So we saw only the last minutes of the first period. The score was very much like that we thought anyway, there will be extra time maybe (0-0). But Avto played really very well in the second period, and they took a 2-0 lead, which could be much more, Chelyabinsk did nothing in order not to go for the break with let's say 5-0. But Avto missed their chances, and in the third period they were not as good anymore, but the only moments when Chelyabinsk really had chance to equalize were the last ones, 5 against 4 due to a double penalty and the pulled goalie, but they only reached the sidebar, not the goal. There was huge happyness in the stadium, already after the 2-0 lead, so much that I bought a scarf :) Picture from MHL site.

 

A significant event of the last days is that it became spring. Or summer. There is still sume unmelted ice in some places, but it's very warm, sometimes even 20 degrees. Given that on Friday it was still snowing and zero degrees, it is a very significant change. The view from our window illustrates the change well: in the middle of last week children were skating where now they are playing basketball on the dry asphalt :) You can follow the weather change on the right sidebar.

 

So in this weekend there will be Tobolsk and Tyumen trip, I don't know yet if I write a post before that or just after. Happy Easter for both those who celebrated it last week and those who do it this weekend!